The most shocking thing about this mission to Wu Xiaoqing is not the technological level of other unfamiliar civilizations in the universe, to be honest, these alien civilizations, whether they are A, intellectual, or federal, no matter how high their ability is, even if they are as omnipotent as the mythical gods, Wu Xiaoqing will not feel any strange because he has already been quite mentally prepared before.

On the contrary, in terms of technology, Wu Xiaoqing was even a little lost, especially after learning about the history of the Federation and the history of technological development.

Because the history of the Federation people faintly proves one point - the earthlings are not as backward as he imagined, and the earthlings are not as ignorant as he imagined, and the problems that arise in the earth's civilization also exist in other civilizations, and sometimes even worse.

What really made Wu Xiaoqing feel lost, or rather, scared, was the relationship between civilizations.

This can be seen from A's view of the federal civilization, Wu Xiaoqing can be sure that these disputes within the federal civilization are actually clear to civilization A from beginning to end.

If you think about it a little deeper, you can even imagine that the late civilization of the Federation may be a civilization that has been growing up under the observation of civilization A.

But the attitude of civilization A towards the civilization of the federation is completely unexpectedly calm, and it can even be said to be cold.

As long as the federal civilization discovers the existence of civilization A, civilization A will take action...... Just as the earthlings killed a wild dog, they completely wiped out this civilization.

The existence of the search and rescue team made Wu Xiaoqing think that there may be some kind of morality in this universe that is recognized by all civilizations, but now, Wu Xiaoqing has begun to realize that such a morality does not exist - on the contrary, the civilization that adheres to this kind of morality, such as the civilization where the search and rescue team originally belongs, is on the verge of extinction.

If in a society where normal good people cannot live normally, or even survive, then the society must feel dark.

The universe now gives Wu Xiaoqing the feeling that it is such a dark society, although he has seen very little, but from the encounter of such a civilization as the search and rescue team, it is not difficult for Wu Xiaoqing to imagine the true appearance of the entire universe.

This is only the first point that Wu Xiaoqing is worried about.

In addition, the most terrifying point for Wu Xiaoqing is the future of civilization.

On Earth, all people's imagination of civilization is what these civilizations look like when they shine brightest: the pyramids of Egypt, the Great Wall of Qin Shi Huang, the poetry of Shakespeare, the symphony of Beethoven, Newton's three laws, Einstein's theory of relativity, the explosion*, the rockets from heaven, the Hubble telescope, and the picture of the universe as observed by mankind......

Humanity always seems to have a sense that these things are unique, that they belong to intelligence, that they belong to some of the proudest qualities of our species, that they are the most sacred values of our civilization.

But from Wu Xiaoqing's current point of view, he feels that this self-moving evaluation method of human beings may not be worth mentioning, or in other words, it does not reflect real values.

Because of another civilization, in the Federation, the Federation people that Wu Xiaoqing saw, where their pride in their own civilization is, is nothing more than these things that the earthlings say, it can be said that the attention of many categories of things, the two sides are highly overlapping.

Wu Xiaoqing then imagined that perhaps in the case of most other civilizations, things to be proud of are nothing more than these.

If there is only one civilization on the earth, if the essence of these so-called civilizations is only left to the descendants of the civilization on the earth, this value may be understandable.

However, after knowing the number of civilizations in this universe, Wu Xiaoqing easily felt that these things were not unusual.

It's like when a person grows up from a young age, everyone will naturally feel very much about their own upbringing, feeling that they have learned to write for the first time, fall in love for the first time, and earn money for the first time...... All have a special meaning in life. But when you look at each other, in fact, everyone is like this, and these things are not rare at all.

There is no essential difference between the growth history of civilization and the growth history of a person, and the place where civilization moves itself is often the place where a person moves himself.

But really standing on a higher level, when we evaluate a person's value, will we pay attention to his special "firsts" and his growth history?

No, we tend to focus only on what the person achieves in the end.

In this sense, civilizations like Earth, like the Federation...... It may not be mature at all, because when it comes to the fundamentals, the problems faced by these civilizations are always problems within their own civilizations, just like students in school are concerned about their academic performance or emotional fluctuations.

The difference from the Earth civilization to the federal civilization is, at best, the difference from junior high school to university, and there is no essential difference.

And a truly mature civilization is only a civilization like A, a civilization like a search and rescue team, at least to this kind of civilization......

They set foot in the "society" of civilization, and began to examine, observe, and evaluate other civilizations from their own unique perspectives, and used their own behavioral logic to deal with each other.

The search and rescue team is more idealistic, while the A civilization is undoubtedly realistic.

"Your mood looks a little heavy," A said to Wu Xiaoqing, "Did you bring it to you from this mission?" ”

"To some extent, yes," Wu Xiaoqing didn't have any idea of hiding himself in front of A, "this universe ...... Makes me feel uncomfortable. ”

"When we see the real universe for the first time, we always have this uncomfortable feeling more or less," A comforted Wu Xiaoqing and said, "It doesn't matter, you will get used to it sooner or later after experiencing more." ”

Wu Xiaoqing smiled reluctantly: "It seems that you are used to it." ”

A shrugged: "It's better than being eliminated." ”

"For what I just said...... Federal civilization, don't you have anything to say? Wu Xiaoqing couldn't help but ask.

"I didn't, you should be the problem."

"Yes," Wu Xiaoqing said, "aren't you worried that they will continue to develop the spaceship in the future and then find you?" ”

A shook his head: "Don't worry. ”

"Can you explain why?"

"The reason is simple," said A, "we've done simulations. ”

"Simulation?"

"Yes, I have made a rough deduction about the federal civilization that you saved this time."

Wu Xiaoqing said: "Can you tell me the result?" ”

"Absolutely, if you can guarantee confidentiality."

"Can I trust my assurance?"

"The search and rescue team's guarantee is still worth trusting, but even if you violate this guarantee, we won't lose anything...... The only ones who will lose are the federal civilizations. If you are willing to destroy this fragile civilization that has just been saved. ”

"Okay, I promise."

"The result of our deduction is that the federal civilization will stop."

"Stop?" Wu Xiaoqing didn't understand very well.

"They will stagnate at this stage of development...... There may be a little progress in technology, but in the development of civilization as a whole, they will become more and more conservative. There will be no space voyages, there will be no interstellar expeditions...... This civilization ages quickly and then ...... Maybe you can survive and live for a long time...... However, there will be no more threats. ”

Wu Xiaoqing's glasses widened, and he felt that every word A said sounded completely incredible.

In Wu Xiaoqing's view, the federal civilization has just experienced a great disaster, but the entire civilization has been renewed.

A compromise has been reached between the AI and the citizens of the Federation, and the values of the entire civilization have undoubtedly reached a higher level, not to mention their technology, which can already use the entire galaxy, and there is no qualitative difference in technology from developing a colony ship.

Such a civilization, not to mention that it has not been hindered in any way, even if there is a strong enemy blockade and is at war, as long as they are willing, the possibility of fighting to the death in the universe will always exist.

"I don't deny any of the reasons you say, but ......," A muttered, "and that's how it turned out. ”

"What do you deduce about you...... Seems particularly confident? ”

"Yes," replied A, "in the last 23,000 years, we have been 100 percent correct in the deduction of civilization models, and although this amount of data is not very large, only a few hundred thousand, we think it is the truth for the time being." ”

Wu Xiaoqing grew his mouth: "You have been in contact with hundreds of thousands of civilizations? ”

"We have deduced hundreds of thousands of civilizations, and we have come into contact with ......," A shook his head, "This will always be the top secret of a civilization." ”

Wu Xiaoqing couldn't believe it: "That is to say, many civilizations, you can take a look...... Do you know how long this civilization can live and how will it live? ”

"It's not as simple as a glance...... But all in all, yes. It's like telling fortunes for civilization...... Well, fortune telling, the concept is apt. ”

"What about Earth?"

A smiled: "The earth is still too young, it hasn't lived long enough, and its civilization model is not stable enough. The same was true of the previous Federation civilizations...... But after this incident, he stabilized. ”

Wu Xiaoqing almost eagerly asked: "Is it every civilization...... Will it all stabilize in some form or another? ”

"Yes, almost every one," said A, "and every civilization ultimately has its own destiny, but most ...... It's not funny. Just like you human beings, the vast majority of people don't have a wonderful life, just spend their lives ordinarily. ”

"What about the search and rescue team?" Wu Xiaoqing almost couldn't wait to ask.

"We are grateful for the many help that the search and rescue team has done to other civilizations, including us, but in terms of the form of civilization," A said, "it is still not unique enough...... A good old man, that's all. ”

"Why did you come to tell me this?"

"Because I can tell you, it's as simple as that," said A, "and it's not a big secret...... It's just that in the mature civilized world, everyone knows some conclusions. ”

"That's what you're telling me?"

"Of course not," said A, "remember our deal?" We promised to build you a museum, and now we ask you to come and inspect the goods...... I just think that as preserved objects of civilization, you have the right to know. ”